Outsourcing to rural America

Posted by Al Lewis on September 24, 2010
Companies

Offshoring U.S. jobs is not always the answer.

CGI Group Inc. is setting up shops in small, rural towns, including Troy, Alabama, and finding competitive talent born in the U.S.A.

CGI, with its U.S. headquarters in Fairfax, Va., and corporate headquarters in Montreal, is an information technology and business-process services provider that has plenty of people working in India and other offshore locales. But it’s not overlooking the obvious resources in a nation of double-digit unemployment rates. Offshore, nearshore, onshore is it’s business plan.

Click here to read my column on CGI’s arrival in Troy.